A Gulf in Perceptions
I wish I knew how to undo the damage done by those in the media who have spent 40 years denigrating the EU and those very English values it stands for. Continue reading A Gulf in Perceptions
Tag: Brexit
Britain and Borders – A Bloody Legacy
Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where same sex marriage is forbidden. It is the only part of the UK where politics is defined by religious extremism. Continue reading Britain and Borders – A Bloody Legacy
Saturday Sound Off – Stop Confusing ECJ and ECHR
It is the confusion in the minds of many UK citizens over this, and other aspects of EU membership, that convinces me the 2016 referendum was flawed and needs to be revisited, with the option of withdrawing the Article 50 application to leave. Continue reading Saturday Sound Off – Stop Confusing ECJ and ECHR
#Brexit – The Great British Betrayal
But the greatest betrayal, the one that cuts like a red hot knife to the very heart of everything I was brought up to believe, is the betrayal of our shared values. Continue reading #Brexit – The Great British Betrayal
Saturday Sound Off – A Strangely Inverted Immigration Policy
Let’s teach those people a lesson. Let them do all the nasty unpleasant jobs. It is, after all, the will of the people to send the low skilled migrants home. Serves them right. Continue reading Saturday Sound Off – A Strangely Inverted Immigration Policy
No Deal? No Way!
The leadership of the Labour Party should be very worried about the livelihoods of their members and supporters. It is beyond belief that they are not fulfilling the proper role of an opposition and fighting tooth and nail to prevent #Brexit. Continue reading No Deal? No Way!
Saturday Sound-off: The Will of the People #2
if you wonder why the cabinet is so divided, it is because of the impossibility of squaring the circle between securing greater control of Britain’s borders on the one hand, and maintaining frictionless trade and travel between the UK and the EU on the other Continue reading Saturday Sound-off: The Will of the People #2
The Biggest #Brexit Lie: “It’s the Will of the People”
If other nations are queuing up to do deals with the UK, it’s because they want to offload their own surpluses on unsuspecting British consumers. Continue reading The Biggest #Brexit Lie: “It’s the Will of the People”
Saturday Sound-off: Blather About Borders and #Brexit
the months of uncertainty, negotiations, and costly preparations that the UK has been forced to endure . . . are utterly pointless if the deal that is struck at the end of the process looks anything like the one we already have. Continue reading Saturday Sound-off: Blather About Borders and #Brexit
A Provocative Cartoon
British blogger Clive tells it the way it is, prompted by a cartoon in, of all places, The Times. Like me, Clive is of an older generation (I think he is a few yearss younger than me) utterly perplexed, not only by the result of last year’s referendum, but by the general perception that it was people of our generation who swung it in favour of leave. The only explanation I’m able to come up with for that is that we have had 40 years of being bombarded by fake news about the EU from the right wing media. I … Continue reading A Provocative Cartoon
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